{"id":315,"date":"2021-02-12T19:57:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T19:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/magic\/?p=315"},"modified":"2021-02-12T19:57:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T19:57:58","slug":"beliefs-ritual-and-popular-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/magic\/2021\/02\/12\/beliefs-ritual-and-popular-myths\/","title":{"rendered":"Beliefs, Ritual, and Popular Myths"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\">Ex Historia- Humanities Forum<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Roundtable Discussion- Beliefs, Ritual, and Popular Myths<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Date\/Time: Feb. 18th from 5:30-6:30pm<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Event Link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/Universityofexeter.zoom.us\/j\/97721900257?pwd=TEYycFpJRVJuWXBQcTV6c0NpcHVTZz09\">https:\/\/Universityofexeter.zoom.us\/j\/97721900257?pwd=TEYycFpJRVJuWXBQcTV6c0NpcHVTZz09<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\"><b class=\"\">Panelists&#8217; Bios<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><b class=\"\">\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><b class=\"\">Ryan Denson- Classics, and Ancient History\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Ryan&#8217;s research centers upon examining the imaginative ideas of sea monsters and anthropic marine entities in Greco-Roman antiquity. Consequently, much of his work deals with popular narratives involving sea monsters like the Andromeda myth and some Christian hagiographic narratives of Late Antiquity.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><b class=\"\">Crystal Hollis- Archaeology\/History<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Crystal specialises in medieval\/early modern parish culture and community by studying historic graffiti in churches. Much of her work includes an emphasis on the relationship between formal church art, parish life, and religious traditions.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><b class=\"\">Sarah Scaife- Drama<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Sarah&#8217;s research\u00a0engages with the agency of magico-medical artefacts situated in the liminal space between science and ritual, such as Renaissance pop-up anatomy books and the folding almanacs worn on the body of Medieval doctors, repurposed in a contemporary art practice.\u00a0<br class=\"\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\"><b class=\"\">Anna Milon- English Literature<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Anna looks at the Horned God, a modern pagan deity, as an environmental figure in fantasy fiction and live action role playing. Her project touches on folklore and the folkloresque, pagan studies, game theory, animal studies and the nascent field of LARP studies.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex Historia- Humanities Forum Roundtable Discussion- Beliefs, Ritual, and Popular Myths Date\/Time: Feb. 18th from 5:30-6:30pm Event Link:\u00a0https:\/\/Universityofexeter.zoom.us\/j\/97721900257?pwd=TEYycFpJRVJuWXBQcTV6c0NpcHVTZz09 Panelists&#8217; Bios \u00a0 Ryan Denson- Classics, and Ancient History\u00a0 Ryan&#8217;s research centers upon examining the imaginative ideas of sea monsters and anthropic marine entities in Greco-Roman antiquity. 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